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Comment Terra Nova (Score 1) 59

When do we get this little critter be a pet for one of the humans on the show Terra Nova, or do the idiot science advisers have no clue that mammals even existed 85 million years ago...

The forests should be chock full of little mammals scurrying about here and there.

No, they just want top show us the cool and awesome dinosaurs.

Comment Re:Nothing to see here.... (Score 0) 383

What I think is that some people can process mercury from their systems better than others, those who couldn't filter it out effectively due to their genetics would not beable to get rid of it fast enough to prevent it from seeping through the blood brain narrier and thus causing neurological issues.

Since the Human brain in childhood has a far greater ability for regeneration the damage done by mercury was repaired and in cases of autism maybe the process was overzelous leading to autisim.

Also there is a big difference between how elemental mercury and mercury compounds react in the body. Maybe the kids that get autism from vaccines have an ensyme that breaks down the relatively inert mercury into a form that is more toxic to neural tissue?

Comment Re:Warming - closed case (Score 1) 967

The effect of the microclimates of cities on weather patterns has been ignored as CO2 is pumped up as the boogeyman.

I think while CO2 may have some effect, the affect of changing the surface albedio has a bigger effect on weather patterns than a slight increase of a trace gas in the atmosphere. The microclimates of cities create columns of rising air over cities which can divert weather fronts.

So while Global Warming may be man made, there are many factors in this equation.

Farming, Surface Albedio, water diversion, Noxious Gas Pollution (non co2) and then CO2.

Maybe painting the roads while or only using grey concrete roads vs. Black Asphault would have a bigger impact on warming than switching to hybrids. Or new housing codes requiring new shingles to be tested for albedio effect and create standard for those.

CO2 is not as bad as some of the other gasses cars spew out like Sulfuric Oxides and Nitrous Oxides. A 100% increase of CO2 won't kill plants and animals (in fact plants will grow betterr and make more food for animals). But the other crap will cause acid rain which will kill plants and give animals repritory problems.

As they say the truth lies somewhere in the middle and skewed to one side of center.

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